Epilepsy

[BigRam]

I need somebody to help me understand.. My Son at 2 years old had a really bad flu and started vomitting a lot to a point there wasn't anything else in his stomach to vomit and then he had Seizures total of three back to back. MRI and EEG were conducted and nothing was found.. This past Feb a couple of week before my son turned 5 years old the same thing happend, he got really sick started
vomitting a lot a day later he is having Seizures total of 3 back to back. An MRI/EEG was done and nothing was found, he will be going to an especialist this coming May.. Does anybody think is is Epileptic? If if so what Kind of Epilepsy? I am very scared about the situation that I can't sleep.. Every night I wake up almost every Hour to go check on him, if he coughs funny or if I feel he might be getting sick, I get really worry. What can I do?

[sonettidamore]

Hello! Courage! When I was a kid, out of the blue one summer, I scared my parents to death with 2 seizures just like you're describing. The first time it happened, they thought it was the flu, too, but the second time exactly the same? Hmmm. However, pediatricans checked me out and said I was fine. I didn't have my next seizure until I went away to college. Then 3 in a row in my mid-20s. Then nothing for 12 years! Then 2 in 2 months, one ending in a bad fall requiring surgery. All my tests came back normal, too. But seriously - relax, take care of yourself, and get some sleep. Your kid will be OK. Get him to a pediatric seizure disorder specialist and get several opinions. (Decline anybody who urges you to walk out of a first appointment with a handful of prescriptions. Go home and research the cost/benefit and side effects on the Web first.) He'll need to figure out how to manage this in his life, but unless he aspires to be a guide on Mount Everest, a scuba instructor, or a race car driver, he can do anything he wants to do! I've lived, worked, and traveled ALL over the world and have been just fine. When he gets older, have him keep a log of ever time this happens - meantime, you keep it for him - in a spreadsheet, with the date/time/place, what he was doing and with whom, symptoms before/during/after, injuries if any. If other people witness his seizure besides you, interview them. Those types of observations were very helpful to my doctors during my diagnosis. I started seeing the patterns, which helped me understand what auras were and to pay attention to them, for safety. Good luck to you & your son. Even with seizures, life is perfectly beautiful! :-)